Friday, April 1, 2011

Hobo With A Shotgun

Let me start off by saying this was easily one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen, and I loved it. It was meant to be ridiculous, it was meant to be insane, it was meant to be perverse, hilarious, in your face and downright brain melting. It accomplished all of these with flying, vibrant colors.

I have been waiting to see this movie since it was first announced that it's Grindhouse trailer was being made into a full length feature. It's been a long time since then, but it was well worth the wait. The movie delivered on everything it's ingeniously simple title promises and then some.

The writer (John Davies) and director (Jason Eisener) pulled out every stop imaginable and went deep into the darkness to dig up every twisted idea possible. With a movie like Hobo With A Shotgun you can't pull any punches. If you do, what's the point?

This is the perfect movie for fans of the gore-filled Grindhouse movies of old. This is arguably the best homage to the exploitation films of the 70's and 80's I've ever seen. Eisener obviously knows his stuff, but still kept it his own. Everything from the harsh dialogue, to the use of color, to the soundtrack was done with much planning, thought and precision. This felt like they went into my brain and extracted any awful thought I've ever had, mixed it in with an acid-induced fever dream strained through Apocalypse Now and bled into the ghetto's of North America. It was a pleasure to watch and had me cringing, gasping and laughing all the way through.

I will watch this movie countless times, however, that doesn't mean you should. For something like this, you need to be prepared for it. If you can't handle it, do not watch it. You're missing out on a great movie, but obviously you weren't cut out for this kind of stuff to begin with.

My hat goes off to this first time director (of a full length feature) and his crew. You guys just put Canada on the cinematic map.

Shock or not? Shock

Film: 5/5
Shock: 5/5

1 comment:

  1. completely forgot about grindhouse on this one. this was on that with machete, right? haven't seen it in a while so hardly remember. to get a SHOCK and 5/5 in both catagories... must be pretty crazy.

    I better skip this one...

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